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Ex-Goldman Strategist Sees ‘Regime Change’ in Dollar-Jobs Link

Ex-Goldman Strategist Sees ‘Regime Change’ in Dollar-Jobs Link

A decade-long trend of the dollar rising on better-than-expected US monthly payrolls is coming to an end, marking a “regime change...

Trump Secures $17 Billion in Pledged Aid for Gaza

Trump Secures $17 Billion in Pledged Aid for Gaza

President Donald Trump said his Board of Peace received about $17 billion in pledges that will be used to help rebuild Gaza. He ma...

Walmart Cites Worrying Economic Indicators in Cautious Forecast

Walmart Cites Worrying Economic Indicators in Cautious Forecast

Walmart Inc., a bellwether of consumer spending, cited a “hiring recession” and pressures on shoppers as it forecast less growth i...

Banxico Cites Uncertainty Over Mexican Tariffs on Asian Goods

Banxico Cites Uncertainty Over Mexican Tariffs on Asian Goods

The majority of Mexico’s central bank board acknowledges lingering uncertainty on price pressures from tariffs the Mexican governm...

Trump’s Tariffs Send US Trade Deficit With China to 21-Year Low

Trump’s Tariffs Send US Trade Deficit With China to 21-Year Low

The US annual trade deficit with China shrank in 2025 to the smallest in more than two decades — and widened to record levels with...

US Mortgage Rates Fall to Lowest Level in More Than Three Years

US Mortgage Rates Fall to Lowest Level in More Than Three Years

US mortgage rates fell to the lowest level since September 2022 as affordability slowly improves.

Kashkari Rips Hassett Criticism of New York Fed Tariff Analysis

Kashkari Rips Hassett Criticism of New York Fed Tariff Analysis

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari said that critical comments by National Economic Council Director Kevi...

US Jobless Claims Drop by the Most Since November to 206,000

US Jobless Claims Drop by the Most Since November to 206,000

Applications for US unemployment benefits fell by the most since November, adding to evidence of stabilization in the labor market...

US Trade Deficit Widens, Capping One of Biggest Since 1960

US Trade Deficit Widens, Capping One of Biggest Since 1960

The US trade deficit widened in December, capping a turbulent year of erratic tariff policy.

Canada’s 2025 Trade Deficit Widest on Record Excluding Pandemic

Canada’s 2025 Trade Deficit Widest on Record Excluding Pandemic

Canada’s trade deficit last year widened to C$31.3 billion, marking the largest annual shortfall on record outside of the Covid-19...

Farmers to Bet on Soy With More US Planting Tied to China Demand

Farmers to Bet on Soy With More US Planting Tied to China Demand

US growers will boost soybean plantings this spring and scale back on corn, the most widely grown American crop, after the revival...

BOE’s Mann Ready to Hold Rates Until Inflation Expectations Drop

BOE’s Mann Ready to Hold Rates Until Inflation Expectations Drop

Bank of England policymaker Catherine Mann said she is prepared to keep interest on hold for longer to ensure inflation expectatio...

Brazil Activity Slows Less Than Expected, Complicating Rate Cuts

Brazil Activity Slows Less Than Expected, Complicating Rate Cuts

Brazil’s economic activity cooled less than expected at the end of 2025, complicating the outlook for monetary easing in Latin Ame...

IMF Calls for China to Rebalance Toward Consumption as Trade Barriers Rise

IMF Calls for China to Rebalance Toward Consumption as Trade Barriers Rise

The Fund says China’s growth model needs to shift toward domestic demand in familiar call

Canada, Mexico Meet to Boost Trade Amid USMCA Uncertainty

Canada, Mexico Meet to Boost Trade Amid USMCA Uncertainty

As Trump muses about exiting UMSCA, Mexico and Canada discuss ways to boost bilateral trade

German Wage Growth Quickened at Year-End, Bundesbank Says

German Wage Growth Quickened at Year-End, Bundesbank Says

German wage growth quickened at the end of 2025, though recent agreements point to smaller salary increases ahead, according to th...

Rwanda Delivers Biggest Rate Hike in Nearly Three Years

Rwanda Delivers Biggest Rate Hike in Nearly Three Years

Rwanda’s central bank delivered its largest interest-rate increase in almost three years in an effort to curb inflation in the nea...

Schroders Buys Gilts, Shifts Focus to 10-Year Bonds in BOE Bet

Schroders Buys Gilts, Shifts Focus to 10-Year Bonds in BOE Bet

Schroders Plc is buying UK government bonds and shifting into longer-dated debt, a bet that Bank of England interest-rate cuts wil...

Trump administration's demands for California's voter rolls,...

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Trump administration's demands for California's voter rolls, including Social Security numbers, rejected by federal judge

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Soundcore Q45: adaptive noise cancelling headphones at $99.99

Olympics 2026: How to watch Canada vs. France men’s ice hock...

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Olympics 2026: How to watch Canada vs. France men’s ice hockey for free

Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo breaks Winter Olympics record with ...

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Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo breaks Winter Olympics record with ninth gold medal

This Week: Ramadan and Lunar New Year Converge

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